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Lucas was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1][2] Her father is Black Canadian, and her mother is Caucasian.[3] She began acting at seven years old, and trained with the Children's Arts Theatre School in Toronto.[4] She started her career appearing in stage productions,[4] including local productions of Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, Grease, Cinderella, Mousetrap and Music Medley.

In 2001 she joined the Canadian teen drama television series Edgemont as recurring character Bekka Lawrence, later becoming a series regular on the show,[4] which she remained through the end of the show's run in 2005. She was also a series regular on another Canadian television series, YTV's short-lived 2030 CE in 2002.[1][5]

She guest starred in an episode of The L Word as Roxanne in 2004. She went on to appear as a series regular in the short-lived ABC teen drama series Life as We Know It as Sue;[6] the series which ran for just one season. In 2006 she appeared in the film She's the Man[7] and co-starred in The Covenant.[8] She was cast in another ABC television pilot, Secrets of a Small Town, though it was not picked up to series.

In 2007, she joined the cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation playing the recurring character of Ronnie Lake.[9] Despite appearing in four episodes, rumors were denied that she would be a permanent replacement for Sara Sidle.[4] The character was written out of the series with no explanation. She also appeared in a made-for-television film Split Decision.[10]

In 2008, she guest starred as Kimberly MacIntyre in four episodes of The CW's 90210. She also starred in a leading role as Lily in J. J. AbramsCloverfield,[11] which was a box office success[12] and was well received by critics.

She was cast as Lisa in the film Amusement in 2006;[13] the film was set to be released theatrically by New Line Cinema, but after a negative reaction it was released instead straight-to-DVD in 2009. The same year, Lucas was announced to have signed on as Riley Richmond, one of the lead roles in another CW television series Melrose Place, a followup to the popular 1990s series of the same name.[14][15]

In 2012 Lucas was cast as the lead character, Skye Yarrow, in the CW series Cult,[20] which was filmed in Spring 2012.[21] In 2012 she was cast in a main role in the 2013 remake of the classic horror film The Evil Dead.[22]